Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305971776
Author: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Data breach:

  • A data breach denotes a security incident in which unauthorized information access occurs.
  • It can hurt business and consumers in different ways.
  • It denotes a costly expense that could damage lives as well as reputations.
  • The personally identifiable information is most common data forms lost to data breaches.

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